G6pd gene alys cmn variant at Arroyo Grande Hospital

1400 E Church St, Santa Maria, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1760510937

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$61.02

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$142.56

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$71.28 with Western Growers vs $450.43 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $71.28 ↑ +17%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $89.82 ↑ +47%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $119.76 ↑ +96%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $131.16 ↑ +115%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Non-MCS $138.29 ↑ +127%
MultiPlan Commercial|All Plans $139.71 ↑ +129%
United Medicare|All Plans $142.56 ↑ +134%
United Commercial|Options PPO $142.56 ↑ +134%
Humana Medicare|All Plans $142.56 ↑ +134%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $142.56 ↑ +134%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $142.56 ↑ +134%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $142.56 ↑ +134%
Aetna Medicare|All Plans $142.56 ↑ +134%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $142.56 ↑ +134%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $142.56 ↑ +134%
Alignment Medicare|All Plans $142.56 ↑ +134%
MHS Hospice Commercial|All Plans $142.56 ↑ +134%
Scan Health Plan Medicare|All Plans $142.56 ↑ +134%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $142.56 ↑ +134%
BCBS - Anthem Medicare|All Plans $142.56 ↑ +134%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $142.56 ↑ +134%
United Commercial|HMO $209.77 ↑ +244%
Cigna Commercial|PPO $450.43 ↑ +638%
Cigna Commercial|All Other Plans $450.43 ↑ +638%

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G6pd gene alys cmn variant at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
French Hospital San Luis Obispo $55.89 $38.50 – $529.52
Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta Mt Shasta $110.92 $74.14 – $142.56
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding $72.28 $108.35 – $142.56
St. Elizabeth Community Hospital Red Bluff $83.26 $69.86 – $142.56
Petaluma Valley Hospital Petaluma not published $171.31 – $1,021.21
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa not published $174.81 – $1,290.56
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka not published $174.81 – $2,439.24
Healdsburg Hospital Healdsburg not published $174.81 – $583.81

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